Zanskar

Zanskar (from Tib: Zang dkar, on older cards also Zaskar ) is a region in the western part of the Himalayan Mountains. As it belongs to Tehsil Kargil district, and thus to the Ladakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. She is a former independent Buddhist kingdom, and today is India.

The area is about 3500-7000 meters above sea level, on the "roof of the world". The region has an area of ​​around 7,000 km ². At the last census of 1971, there were 6,886 people, in 2005, the population is estimated to be about 10,000. About seven months of the year Zanskar accessible. During the harsh winter, the population is, however, almost completely cut off from the outside world. Only one way over the frozen river of the same name, but which is mentioned in the Chadar winter, then connects the country with the rest of the world.

A well-known trekking tour takes in less than three weeks from the Lamayuru monastery over several high passes to Zanskartal with its capital Padum and on over the Shingo La to Darcha.